Useful Links, Referencing

The List of References/Bibliography

The list of references or bibliography will be at the end of your assignment/research paper, and will usually have the heading References. References must be listed in alphabetical order.

Note: Ensure that each resource you have used in the text of your assignment appears on your reference list, and that they are identical in spelling and year.

The following elements must be included in a reference:

• Author's or editor's name/s.

• Publication date.

• Title of the item.

• Publication information:

  • for books this would include place of publication and publisher's name - if two or more publisher locations are given, give the location listed first in the book.

  • for journals this would include volume, issue number and page numbers.

  • for websites this would include the full Web address (URL).

Works by the same author and published in the same year are distinguished by letters appended to the year.

Example: If you are using two references by R. M. Smith, and both were published in 1998, one will bear the date 1998a and the other 1998b, and in-text citations will reflect this.

Note: Reference electronic books and online journal articles in the same way as print resources unless otherwise specified